MIX10

MIX is a gathering of developers, designers, UX experts and business professionals creating the most innovative and profitable consumer sites on the web. Sessions range from technical, code-based topics to expert advice on content strategy, usability and design.

SQL Azure provides a highly available and scalable relational database engine in the cloud. In this demo-intensive and interactive session, learn how to quickly build web applications with SQL Azure Databases and familiar web technologies. We demonstrate how you can quickly provision, build and populate...

Numerous devices and infrastructure services have the ability to expose location, but comprehending how to best make use of these technologies can be complex. Additionally, after the infrastructure is put in place, the next hurdle to overcome is understanding how to create a useable location-based feature...

Join Phil Haack and Scott Hanselman for this dynamic and unusual security session. The HaaHa brothers take turns implementing features on an ASP.NET MVC website. Scott writes a feature, and Phil exploits it and hacks into the system. We analyze and discuss the exploits live on stage and then close them...

Silverlight provides a robust framework for integrating audio, video and animations into applications but how do you keep them all in-sync? In this session Silverlight MVP Dan Wahlin discusses an animation project created for a Fortune 500 company and demonstrates tips and tricks that can be used to...

Super charge your websites and applications with the latest in translation technology using Microsoft Translator. Be the first to hear about how you can harness the power of the machine and your community to deliver a better language experience to your users. Designers and web specialists will be interested...

The Olympics video team offers you a rare chance to witness an HD production set up, step-by-step, from scratch. Starting with an HD camera, we push the signal through an encoder with a tuned Smooth Streaming configuration, into Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, and then out through a Microsoft...

Multi-touch capabilities in Windows 7 have a vast array of possible applications. However, the design considerations for creating desktop applications that utilize these capabilities are somewhat different than designing for multi-touch applications in public installations, such as kiosks and architectural...

With the release of Windows Phone, game developers will be able to create amazing content rapidly through the power of Silverlight and the XNA framework. This talk will outline the basic application model of Windows Phone, enumerate Windows Phone core device characteristics, and walk through highlights...

The best solutions make maximum use of innovative technologies to achieve beautiful and unexpected results. However, they do not do this in an obvious and arbitrary way, with a big signpost attached saying "Look At This Great Technology" but by blending the technology in seamlessly with great design...